Intel Xeon w3-2423 vs Intel Core i7-7700K. Specifications

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

• CPU group
  Intel Xeon W-2400 Intel Core i 7000
• Family
  Intel Xeon W Intel Core i7
• Generation
  12 7
• Predecessor
  Intel Xeon W-2223 Intel Core i7-6700K
• Segment
  Desktop / Server Desktop / Server
• Successor
  - Intel Core i7-8700K

Core counts, threads, cache and clock modes describe the CPU configuration. Performance depends on the workload and comparable measured results.

• Base Frequency
  2.1 GHz 4.2 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• Core Configuration
  6x -
• CPU Cores
  6 4
• CPU Threads
  12 8
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  Yes Yes
• Overclocking
  No Yes
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  4.2 GHz 4.5 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (6 Cores)
  3.1 GHz -
• Turbo Frequency (4 Cores)
  - 4.4 GHz

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

• DirectX Version
  - 12
• Execution units
  - 24
• Generation
  - 9.5
• GPU Frequency
  - 350 MHz
• GPU name
  no iGPU Intel HD Graphics 630
• GPU Turbo
  No turbo 1150 MHz
• Max. displays
  - 3
• Max. GPU Memory
  - 64 GB
• Release date
  - Q2/2016
• Shader
  - 192
• Technology
  - 14 nm

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

• AV1
  No No
• H.264 / AVC
  No Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  No Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  No Decode / Encode
• JPEG
  No Decode / Encode
• VC-1
  No Decode
• VP8
  No Decode / Encode
• VP9
  No Decode / Encode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core i7-7700K and Intel Xeon w3-2423. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  Yes No
• Max. Memory
  2048 GB 64 GB
• Memory Bandwidth
  140.8 GB/s -
• Memory channels
  4 (Quad Channel) 2
• Memory type
  DDR5-4400 -
• PCIe
  5.0 x 64 -
• PCIe lanes
  - 16
• PCIe version
  - 3.0

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Xeon w3-2423 and Intel Core i7-7700K Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

• Maximum Operating Temperature
  74 °C -
• TDP (PL1 / PBP, legacy combined label)
  120 W -
• TDP up
  144 W -
• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  - 91 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Xeon w3-2423 and Intel Core i7-7700K, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Sapphire Rapids-WS Kaby Lake S
• Chip design
  Monolithic -
• Documents
  Technical data sheet -
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512, AMX SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
• L3-Cache
  15 MB 8 MB
• Operating systems
  Windows 11, Windows Server, Linux -
• Release date
  Q1/2023 Q1/2017
• Release price
  359 $ -
• Socket
  LGA 4677 LGA 1151
• Technology
  10 nm 14 nm
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d, VT-rp, vPro Enterprise VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d